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DBMS > Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. SiteWhere

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.esgyn.cnwww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.kinetica.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.EsgynKineticaSiteWhere
Initial release20162015201220142010
Current release7.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaC, C++JavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingShardingnoneSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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